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Femi Azeez's 93rd-minute equaliser against Sunderland on Saturday snatched a draw from the jaws of defeat to ensure Millwall's long unbeaten run continued.

The Lions last tasted defeat on 1 October in Cardiff and have picked up four wins and four draws in the eight games since - including a run of four consecutive 1-0 victories.

Let's recap how Neil Harris' side have climbed the table to within three points of a play-off spot:

West Brom 0-0 Millwall - The Lions got the ball rolling with a hard-fought stalemate at The Hawthorns.

Millwall 1-1 Derby - Summer signing Mihailo Ivanovic's first goal for the club cancelled out Jerry Yates' header for the Rams.

Millwall 1-0 Plymouth - Romain Esse's 13th-minute strike secured Millwall's first win in four matches.

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Swansea 0-1 Millwall - The Lions claimed the ultimate smash-and-grab victory, soaking up Swans pressure before Casper De Norre fired in a 90th-minute winner.

Millwall 1-0 Burnley - Jake Cooper's towering header inflicted the Clarets' first defeat in 10 games in all competitions.

Millwall 1-0 Leeds - Centre-back Japhet Tanganga's first goal of the season secured a fourth win and fourth clean sheet in a row.

Stoke 1-1 Millwall - Potters skipper Ben Gibson nods in after Josh Coburn's opener as Lukas Jensen finally concedes.

Millwall 1-1 Sunderland - And Azeez leaves it very, very, very late!

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Lions boss Neil Harris said his players didn't do the "Millwall basics" in the first half before they fought back to claim a last-gasp 1-1 draw against Sunderland.

Femi Azeez's equaliser deep in added time rescued a point for the hosts at The Den after Aaron Connolly had given the Black Cats the lead in the first half.

"At half-time I let them have it properly, because that's what it deserved," he told BBC Radio London.

"In the first half we didn't play with a Millwall identity or a Millwall intensity - the basics are: you win your duels, you win your headers, you win your races, you win your tackles and you play forward and run forward at the right times.

"Then [in the] second half we did. We played forward and ran forward, we played round, we played through, we played over and we created chances.

"We were a threat on set-plays and that's what a Millwall identity is, and we had it in abundance in the second half."

Millwall finished the match with five attackers as Harris' team pressed for the equaliser and it was Azeez and fellow substitute Aidomo Emakhu who combined for the goal.

On his substitutions, Harris added: "Sometimes just [throwing] caution to wind. When you're behind, sometimes you can do that.

"We were trying to get five players against their back four, trying to overload the midfield area and you just hope that you get a moment of quality and we had that."

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Substitute Femi Azeez’s first Millwall goal rescued a point for the Lions in added time against Sunderland.

The Black Cats led through Aaron Connolly's 10th-minute volley before the players were taken off the pitch for half an hour while medical staff attended two separate emergencies in the crowd.

The Lions were a team transformed after the break and returning Sunderland keeper Anthony Patterson pulled off a string of saves to preserve his side's lead.

But the hosts eventually found the goal their pressure deserved deep into added time as Azeez tapped in from a cross by fellow sub Aidomo Emakhu to extend Millwall's unbeaten run to eight games.

Full match report here.

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Neil Harris says Millwall are extremely confident ahead of the visit of Championship leaders Sunderland to the new-found fortress that is The Den.

After 1-0 wins over Burnley and Leeds in their past two home games, eighth-placed Millwall are seeking a hat-trick by toppling the Black Cats on Saturday (15:00 GMT) which could potentially take them into the top five.

“It’s fair to say we’re extremely confident at the moment,” Harris told BBC Radio London. “We know who we are and where we are at as a football club.

“There’s no over confidence or arrogance in what we do and no ignorance about what faces us on Saturday. It’s a brilliant league, I love the Championship, I always have done. I am so humble to work in it and play against top teams and big clubs."

The Lions have taken 16 points from eight home games this season, having picked up 16 from their final six of last season after Harris returned as boss at the end of February.

"We are loving it," he added. "We know teams fear us, and so they should, at times. We know The Den has been a really tough place to come in the last nine months and we want to continue that.

“We’re also fully aware that for us to be at our best we can’t change what we do, our working standards, our discipline and structure.

"We have to outcompete, outrun and outfight our opponent at every opportunity because that’s who we are."

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Millwall are looking to continue their impressive run of form when they welcome Championship leaders Sunderland to The Den on Saturday.

The Lions are unbeaten in their last seven games (W4 D3), while the Black Cats are undefeated in eight (W4 D4) but have drawn three on the bounce.

• Millwall have lost just one of their last seven league games against Sunderland (W2 D4) despite both scoring and conceding eight goals during that run.

• Sunderland have won just one of their last 12 away league games against Millwall (D5 L6). Each of the last three such matches between the pair at the Den have finished 1-1.

• Millwall have won their last three home league games, winning all three 1-0. They last won four in a row at The Den in October 2022, while they last did so with a clean sheet each time in March 2010 in League One.

• Sunderland have picked up 31 points in 15 Championship games this season (W9 D4 L2), their best start to a season at this level since 1998-99 (also 31 points) when they eventually won the league.

• Millwall's Casper De Norre is the only Championship player this season to make both 30+ tackles (31) and 30+ interceptions (30).

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Millwall manager Neil Harris says the international break will be a good chance for them to rest and prepare for their next Championship game, against leaders Sunderland.

The Lions have Romain Esse (England Elite squad), Mihailo Ivanovic (Serbia) and George Saville (Northern Ireland) away on international duty but Harris says the rest of the squad will get some time off.

"Good luck to the ones representing their country, we're very proud of them," Harris told BBC Radio London.

"For the rest of the lads it'll be a fine balance between recuperation and game time so when we get around to Sunderland we're at it."

Millwall are unbeaten in their past seven Championship games, with five wins, leaving them in eighth place.

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The Millwall manager, Neil Harris says the defensive structure of his team is a big part of their recent success.

Wednesday night's 1-0 win over Leeds was their fourth successive victory by that scoreline.

"That's a brilliant result for us, we knew the intensity was going to be higher than against Burnley on Sunday," Harris told BBC Radio London.

"For us it's about discipline, being as organised and structured as we can be and then finding a way to score at the other end. I'm very proud of the players this evening."

The four wins in a row have taken Millwall from 21st place up to fifth in the Championship table ahead of their trip to Stoke on Saturday.

"It just shows what momentum can give you, what a top culture can give you and identifying what our strengths are as a team and a club," said Harris.

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Millwall have won three games on the bounce to lift themselves up to seventh, including an impressive 1-0 win over Burnley on Sunday. The Lions are unbeaten in five and have lost just once in their last eight.

Leeds United are unbeaten in eight games (W5 D3) following a comfortable 3-0 victory at home to Plymouth on Saturday. The Whites are second in the Championship, three points behind leaders Sunderland going into the midweek round of fixtures.

• Millwall have only once lost consecutive home league games against Leeds, doing so in defeats in 2005-06 and 2007-08.

• Leeds are looking to win four consecutive league games against Millwall for the first time since doing so between 2005 and 2008.

• Millwall have won five of their last eight home midweek league games (L3), including each of the last two by a 1-0 scoreline.

• Leeds are unbeaten on the road in the Championship this season (W2 D4), keeping four clean sheets – it's their longest start to league season without a defeat away from home since 2018-19, while they last enjoyed a longer such start in 1998-99 in the Premier League (first seven).

• Leeds manager Daniel Farke has lost eight of his last 13 away games in London in English league football (W3 D2), with his sides conceding 26 goals in that time.

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